Green Groups Criticize Biden Admin's New Offshore Drilling Proposal
Biden has proposed banning new oil and gas drilling off the coasts, but selling leases in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Cook Inlet.
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Biden has proposed banning new oil and gas drilling off the coasts, but selling leases in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Cook Inlet.
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'From Day One, President Biden and I have made clear our commitment to transition to a clean energy economy'
The proposal, aimed in part to win over Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., falls short of President Biden’s campaign pledge to end fossil fuel leasing for good.
As petrol prices in the US hit records nearly every day with the summer driving season approaching, the US Administration is looking at ways to alleviate pressure on households as all-time high petrol prices eat into real incomes while record-high diesel prices further stoke an already high inflation level, the highest in more than 40 years.